This is an analysis of Limerick:There Was An Old Man At A Casement by Edward Lear.
There was an Old Man at a casement,
Who held up his hands in amazement;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
- Stanza lengths: 5,
- Metre: 1111110100 111010010 111111 101111 101001110100
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 5
Epiphora
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